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Scouting for Boys: A handbook for instruction in good citizenship is a book on Boy Scout training, published in various editions since 1908. Early editions were written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell with later editions being extensively rewritten by others.
1908: Scouting for Boys; 1909: The Scout Library No.4 Scouting Games - first published as a book by C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., in 1910. 1909: Yarns for Boy Scouts; 1912: The Handbook for the Girl Guides or How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire (co-authored with his younger sister Agnes Baden-Powell) 1913: Boy Scouts Beyond The Sea: My World Tour
For the origins and history of the scout movement generally see: Scouting Following the origin of the Boy Scout Movement and, in 1908, the publication of Robert Baden-Powell's book, Scouting for Boys, the Boy Scouts Association was formed in 1910 and, until 1967, it followed the programme established by Baden-Powell.
The Boy Scout Movement swiftly established itself throughout the British Empire soon after the publication of Scouting for Boys. By 1908, Scouting was established in Gibraltar, Malta, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaya (YMCA Experimental Troop in Penang) and South Africa. In 1909 Chile was the first country outside the British dominions to ...
Thereafter, the publisher C. Arthur Pearson Limited began promoting Scouting in Britain and published Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys, initially in six fortnightly instalments from January 1908 and then in complete book form which C. Arthur Pearson Limited followed with The Scout magazine from April 1908. Boys began forming Scout patrols and ...
Scouts BSA Handbook is the official handbook of Scouts BSA, published by the Boy Scouts of America. It is a descendant publication of Baden-Powell 's original handbook, Scouting for Boys , which has been the basis for Scout handbooks in many countries, with some variations to the text of the book depending on each country's codes and customs.
Jeff Gill writes about the "Aims and Methods" of Scouting in honor of the 114th anniversary of Boy Scouts of America's founding.
English: Front cover of the first part of en:Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell, published in January 1908. Illustrations by Baden-Powell himself. Printed by Horace Cox, printer to en:Cyril Arthur Pearson. see wikipedia - Scouting for boys